Shopping is not a Van Brimmer family tradition, as anybody who knows my wardrobe will attest.

Trips to the mall or the local clothing store were more tolerated than enjoyed in my house growing up. When my parents found a place they liked for clothes or electronics or what have you, that’s where we went until the day the store either closed or wronged them in some way.

As Savannah’s Ford dealership, J.C. Lewis, celebrates 100 years of business, the manufacturer is looking at where the product goes in the next century.

Electrification is part of that, but unlike many of Ford’s peers, the company is building its electric vehicles on the same line as is gasoline engines. The strategy allows Ford, which announced earlier this year it was investing $135 million in an advanced electrification center, to pass along the R&D cost savings in the price of the vehicle.

I just learned the “five second rule” has been debunked. A recent study found that food dropped on the floor or other perpetually dirty surface gathers germs even if it is picked up within five seconds.

Took advantage this morning of Wells Fargo’s latest promotion and checked my Experian credit score for free. The service, offered through Nov. 15 to the bank’s customers, is part of Wells Fargo’s push to help educate and strengthen relationships with customers.

A person well aware of my reservations about rising college costs and my skepticism over Georgia Southern’s pending move to college football’s top level approached me over the weekend with this question.